It's the Little Things...

Just like in the fractal universe, life's most important lessons can come from little tiny things because the big things work the same way. 

Sometimes when we start looking to teach self-empowerment, and reality creation, and demanding success, etc., we go for the big examples.  Life changing examples.  Dramatic examples.  They make good reading, but unfortunately, most readers don't identify with them.  For most of us, life is not that dramatic.  For most of us, life is a series of banal but important decisions, each of which stacks up on the next to create our daily reality.  There is no major event on which to hang our changed life.  Instead, we usually change our lives by making small daily decisions differently.  But that means we are experts in change creation, we just get intimidated when the desired change is perceived as "big."  But it's all the same.

Example.  I've been hating my new cell phone.  I had to get a particular model to be compatible at work; it was the only one at the time.  I didn't like the phone.  It froze up, constantly needed to be reset, made pocket calls, etc.  I wanted to replace it with the latest model which is greatly improved but I couldn't get the cell phone company discount for another 15 months.  And they wouldn't refund my old phone because I'd had it too long.  So, I was almost resolved to simply put up with the annoyance and inconvenience and wait until next year to upgrade.

Then, I read my own stuff.  I refused to accept my surrender as the only option.  I wasn't sure what the other options were, but I demanded that there be other options.  Once I left room in my head for achieving my objective some other way, I found that way -- eBay.  I got the exact phone I wanted, used but in pristine condition, for less than the cheapest cell phone company price, even discounted.  Once I'm sure I like this phone, I'll sell my old one, and the total replacement cost will be even less.

Seems simple, doesn't it.  But look deep into the fractal, and what do you see?  Before you can even consider other options, you first have to demand that they exist.  Before you can do that, you have to want options, you have to refuse to accept the status quo.  Trust me, it's a huge long-shot that you'll see other options without demanding them and looking for them.

Now, the thing about fractals is that they are in micro exactly as they are in macro.  Life is like that, both figuratively and literally.  If this technique can work for this little thing, it can work for your big thing.  You can use the micro as a pattern for the macro.  Moving a pebble is easier than moving a boulder, but you employ the same basic methods.  Practice on the small for power over the big.